Phonograph-reproducer.



'To all whom '@tm ay concer-ii:

NEWMANH. HOLLAND, oEjWEs'r ORANGE. NEW JEEsEY .'Ass1GNoE. EE MESNE essieu- MENTS, To NEW JERSEY PATENT COMPANY,

ooEronA'rroN 0Ey NEW JERSEY.

or WEST ORANGE. NEW JEEsEY, A

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Be 'it lmoivn that .I. NEWMAN H. 'HOL- LAND, a'subject'of tlieKiiifr of Great Britain.

and a, resident ofdllfest Orange.' in the :county of Essex and State 'of New Jersey,

have invented certain new and useful .Intv

proveniente in.'Phonograpli-Reproducers of which the following is a description.,

producers and more particularly to phono-l graph-reproduce@ adapted to operate fon sound' records having` record undulations of the Aup 'and down or hill and dale type.

A-The principal .object of' luy invention is the provisionof an iniproved mounting for the stylus lever forming apart ot the 1re-1.

producer whereby tlie'stylus will be'capable of tracking the record groove'faith'l'ully re- 'jump from its proper position-across the :side Walls of the record 'groove Sired' balance .is provided. for' in rny "inven-l tion by shaping' the ioating 'Weight' sym- 'metrica-lly with respect to the laxis about which its later'alrnovement takes. place.

Other objects of. my. inventionreside in theA improved details of. construction and combination of parts la'ereinaftajl 'I'nore fully described and claimed.

In order that my `invention. maybe more clearly understood1 reference is hereby inade to the accompanying drawing forming a.. part ofithe specication and lllustratmg a.

preferred form of my inventio@ l -1s a 'central In the drawing-Figure vertical section througlafareproducer em'f bodying my invention; Fig. 2 A1s a'bottom plan view thereof Fig. 3 isa view partlyin elevation and partly in' section showing' the mounting; of the stylusA lever; and Fig'. e 1sv 4an eleva-tion showing a detail o f .construetion.

In all lthe views likepa-rts are designated by'the same referencenumerals.

, The. sound boxbodylgl "of my improved reproducer is provided .With'the body ntuirnfV ber 2, which has foiriied' integrallyy there- Wththe neel; 3, to which thehomor other' My'inve'ntion relates to phonograph rel;

The de-.

.Spcatiim vf Letrs Patent Patented Doc. .5, 1916. Aiipucation med aaneen, 1913. serial-No. 776,463. I

. sound 'conveying ineaus lil'iay befconnected..

The'diaphraaind is mountedbetween `rubber gaskets 5 and G. the latter being secured against a metallic ring 8 which rests against the `gasket 6L* The ring S` as more clearly shown 1n' Fig. 2,15- provided'uith a lip or Vvprojection 9 extending-within n n-opening 10 1n the sound' boxbody andserring to hold 'the rino; S- against rotationyulien the ring 7 isrotated'witliintlie sound box body. By

the provision of'tliesaid ringA S. thepossibility of damage to the rubber gasket G upon the 4rotation of the ring' 7 is eliectively elimi-` hated, 'The ring' 7 is provided with grooves or slots 11 for4 the reception of a -Wrench .or othersuitable means to facilitate ther0.-

.tation 'of' the' ring. The sound box body, is provided -u-ith' a downwardly extendingr arui -or projection 12 pivot-ally. supporting 'an L-.shaped-- arm or bracket- Winch is provided withY an upwardly extendlngr arm 13.:11ul,a11arm1t extending AAat right angles to the arm 13. the axis of extending stud 16 which serves as a'pivot about which the. lateral oscillation of the floating Weight takes place.

- 4The weight..11 1scylindrical.'n"sliape, the longitudinal'axis andthe. axis of Symmetry thereof being coincident with the'axisof the .stud 16. The' upper' end of the stud 16 is provided with an' enlargement .1 8 extending into.

cylindrical groove or recess in the topof the Weight 17 and serving to hold said Weight spaced from the .arm 14 to prevent the frictional engagement-of the Weightl .With'the arm 14, Weight 17 i's provided on its -underA side with a pair of spaced ears or lugs. 19, pref.- erably formed integral with the Sdveiglrtj through which ears? extends thepivot pm 2O in which is pivotally mounted'the'V stylus i stylus 22. The axis of the vpivot 20.is.prefA erably'located-neartlie front ofthe Weight 'lever 21- carrying neatits .forWardend ther movement oi the'stvlus QQ. As more clearly verselv to the record groove. rl`hc construe shown in Fig. the plvot pin Q has a portion and mounting ot the floating weight tion threaded into one ot the ears or lugs.19. provide a well balanced mounting tor the The weight 1T is preferably provided with a groove 23 immediately.' above the stylus lever so that the st vlus lever` ma v be pivoted close to the under surface of the weight withoutintert'e'ring with the vertical oscillation of the said level'. The weight 1T is provided. with' an opening or passage 2l below the center ot' the diaphragm and in front of the stud. l6 the st vlus lever :21 being connected to the diaphragm by a link 25 extending' through the opening 24. The pivoting',t means comprising the L-shaped bracket 13, 14 and the stud 1C are of vervsmall weight relativel)` to the weight 17 and the downward pressure of the latter on the stylus is accordingly tar in excess ot'vthat due to the sa-id pivoting means.

stylus lever insuring an accurate track-ing` ot' the record groove bv the latter. The del vice' herein disclosed is also ot simple construction and may be easily assembled.

It will be understood that mv invention is not limited to the precise details and construction shown but iuay be varied within the scope ot the appended claims without departing from the spirit ot' mv invention.

, Having now described inv invention what I claim as new and desire to protect bv Letters Patentis as follows:

l. In a device of the class described, the. combination of vibratorv means, a s vmmctrical weight. means for pivoting said weight for movement about an axis parallel to said The pivoting\ vibratorv means and also t'or lateral oscillameans may weigh about 1.5 grams and the tion about its` axis ot' svmmetrv. afstvlus weight about 1S grams.

It will be seen that the weight 1i' is not supported by the. pivotinr means l?. 1l and 1G and is movable longitudinally or axially ot' the stud 1G: and in order' to preventI displacement ot` the said weight :trom the saidV stud and also to limit the downward move-j',

meut ot the said weight upon the disengagement of the reproducer from arecord, a pin :2G secured in the weight 17 and is confined within the stirrup or loop 2T secured to and extending downwardly from the sound bon-` bod'v. referring to Figi -.l. it will be seen that thc lower portion of the loop 2T lis in the shape of a vertical V; so that upon the disengagement ot the reproducer from the record.v the projection 2G is guided b v the loop-to a position in the vertical center line of the loop. and the weight 1T and the st vlus lever carried thereb)1 arc eiiectivelv centered.,

ln operatiolnthe weight lshould always beaA up against the enlargement 1S onilae stud ib. ln order to assist inniaintaining the weight in tl'iipositionwith respect to thestud; -l )')iet'erablv emploiv aspring'QS tending to press the !..shaped bracket l?. 1l downwardl)v toward the weight. One end of thisspring bears against the wall ol the recess 29 in the arm 12. the other'end presslever supported bv said weight and connected with said vibratoiv means. an d\a stylus carried b v said lever. thc pivot of said lever beinf.;Y spaced from the axis of s vmmetrv Yot' said weight and being' located between saidV st vlus and-said axis ot s vmmetrv. substantiall)1 as described.

i). In a device of the classdescribed. the, combination of vibratorv means. a s'vmf metrical weight. means 'for pivoting said weight for' movement about an axis parallel to said vibrator)v means 'and also lor lateral oscillation about its axis of s vmmetry, re silient meansl for maintaining/said pivot-ing means and said weight in proper relative position. a st vlus lever supported b vsa'id weight and connected with said 'ibratorv means. and a st'vl'us carried liv said levcrgthe pivot of said lever-bein;r spacedfrom the axis ot' `s)v/1mnetr v ot said weight and being located-between said st vlus and said axis of svnnnetrv, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, theV combination ot vibrator-v means. a symmetrical weight. means for pivotirr;y said weight,- for movement rabout van axis; parallel with `aid vibratonv means 'and also ior 'lateral oscillation about its axis ot svmmetry.- a1 st vlus lever supported b v said weight. and

. freedom in thc movement ol` the stlvlus transiugz downwardlv on the arm 1?. ln addi means arranged at the side ot'said axis `nti tion to its function of maintaining the s'vnmietrv and connecting said stylus levez' weight 17 and stud lf3 in proper relative to said vibratorv means. substantiallv as deaxial positions. the spring' serves to iiiscribed.

crease the downward pressure on theiioatingr l. In a device ot the class dcscri'bed.- the 12| weia'ht and the stvlns. u combination of vibratovv aucuns. a s vrnll'ith the construction described above. it meti-ical weight. means `lor pivoting said' f is to be noted that the floating' weight movesI weight for movement about an axis parallel T'Ilclv upwardl)- and ydownwardlv about the to'said vibratorv means. In? also tor lateral j axis ot' pivot 15. allowingV the st vlus to freely oscillation about lts axis o Symmetry. said ;..1-2l

iollow the up and down variations or :e in means permitting movemcnt ol` said weigh tvicities ot' the record surface. the weight also l the axisot tud lli so as to permit great means, substantialbY as described.

said along its said axis et s vmnietuv. a stylusciner movable laterally about lever supported by said weight. and means, connecting' said st vlus lever to said vibrator)y f 5. In a. device of the class described, the combination of vibratory means, a symmetrical weight, means for pivoting said weight for movement about an axis parallel to said vibratory means and also for lateral oscillation about its axis of symmetry, said means permitting movement of said weight along its said axis of symmetry, resilient means tending to maintain said pivoting means and said Weight in proper relative positions, a

' stylus lever supported -by said weight, and

ing means to hold the same in operative relation to said Weight, and a stylus lever supported by said weight and connected with said vibratory means, substantially as described.

7'. In a device of the class described, the combination ovibratory means, a symmetrical weight, means for pivoting said Weight 30 foi" movement about an axis parallel with said vibratory means and also for lateral oscillation about its axis of symmetry, the weight 'of said pivoting means being less than that of said symmetrical Weight, a

stylus leversupported by said Weight, and means connecting said stylus lever to said vibratory means, substantially as described. This specification signed and witnessed this 27 th day of June, 1913.

NEWMAN H. HOLLAND. Witnesses:

FREDERICK BACHMANN, MARY J. LAIDLAW. 

